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Course Objective
This course gives exposition of an array of methods developed over the past few decades, and necessary for reading the literature and doing research on mechanics of random and/or fractal material microstructures. This is the grand theme of contemporary mechanics of materials, including geomechanics and biomechanics. Besides (non)linear, (in)elastic responses, various coupled field phenomena or flow in porous media, can also be handled by techniques presented here.